The green covering on the walnut makes a great dye for fibers or clothes....I had stomping boots and after a rain went under the tree and broke open the covering by stomping on them...then putting them in a 5 gallon bucket of water add water as it evaporates do this for several weeks, using cheese cloth pour the water into a clean bucket covered with the cloth....this gets rid of debris in the dye water...then the dye is ready to use....Never do this without wearing rubber gloves. On your hands it takes days of washing to get your hands clean of the dye...
Not necessarily for survival but for those that hand dye and spin their own fibers....
Wish I had kept one of the catalogs I use to order medications for my goats from....you can get all kinds of antibiotics, boxes of sterile needles and syringes and the anti-biotics can get both injection type and some orals... The penicillin and such are the same as any doctor uses for humans...Cost is minimal for 100ml bottle, keep refrigerated...also got pepto-bismo by the gallon for use with the flock. But don't remember the name of the company..it was for vet supplies of all kinds. Free shipping for over 100 dollars worth of stuff...It was some place in Minnesota I think, but there has to be more than one...no vet registration needed to purchase..mostly for those that have large herds of whatever...
Thanks for the advice on the walnuts. I plan on trying what I can this year. Black walnuts are supposed to be pretty special in the flavor department.
I just got done reading *One Second After*.
It gets off to a slow start, but the end just leaves you crying your eyes out.
It’s also a very eye opening book. It really makes you think about being prepared in case some economic or societal collapse occurs.
I do have plenty of supplies for a lot of things, but need to get some other stuff taken care of as well.
There are several people around here who own goats, so I don’t have to worry too much about the ownership part yet.